A study, using greenhouse and laboratory experiments, was
made of Hemicycliophora similis from Bandon, Oregon to determine:
identity and morphometrics, time and development of a life cycle,
host plant preferences and optimum environmental conditions for
reproduction and pathogenicity.
Morphometric investigations revealed discrepancies between
the measurements of this nematode species and...
Although oceanographers such as Roger Revelle are typically associated with key indicators
of anthropogenic change, he and other scientists at midcentury had very different
scientific priorities and ways of seeing the oceans. How can we join the narrative of the
triumph of mathematical, dynamic oceanography with the environmental narrative? Dynamic...
This comparison study involved the exploration of architecture and social life of the thirteenth century Medieval, sixteenth century Tudor and eighteenth century Georgian periods. Within the architectural and social categories, the specific objective was to examine the changes in the five hundred year period. Three specific houses were chosen as...
This ethnography describes RV [recreational vehicle] seasonal migration as an adaptive, transhumant strategy. The study population is retired, transhumant migrants, who are members of a nation-wide, membership camping organization. Fieldwork was conducted over a period of seven months at two sites located on the West Coast. These sites reflect northern...
Type-2 diabetes (T2D) has become a pandemic. The main impairment in T2D is skeletal muscle insulin resistance (IR) and is often associated with obesity. Despite decades of study, the mechanisms of IR have not been fully resolved. Evidence has implicated mitochondrial dysfunction as a potential cause and/or consequence of IR....
A method to measure consumers' housing consumption and
investment attitudes according to various dimensions was initiated.
In addition, construct validity of the measurement instrument was
initiated through use of personal variables.
Two scales were developed to measure homeownership consumption
and investment attitudes. The dimensions of homeownership consumption
and investment found...
This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and
meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled
after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by
midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale
that meaning emerges...
Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences shape initial disparities and predict academic achievement and life trajectories. One influence, child care, is not available to all children in Oregon as most counties qualify as child care deserts. This paper analyzes if child care access has an effect on...
Children enter kindergarten on unequal footing. Early childhood experiences shape initial disparities and predict academic achievement and life trajectories. One influence, child care, is not available to all children in Oregon as most counties qualify as child care deserts. This paper analyzes if child care access has an effect on...
The brain has long attracted the interest of researchers. Some tasks, such as pattern
recognition and optimization, have proven to be exceptionally difficult for conventional
computing systems to perform, but are executed by the brain almost effortlessly. Due to
the large number of neurons and interconnections, it has proven impossible...
The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of social
position and stage in the family life cycle on the use of living and
family rooms in houses with and without a family room.
Homes built from two floorplans were selected for the sample.
These two floorplans were...
Wetlands are widely identified as providing important and fundamental processes valuable for maintaining ecosystem health and diversity. Located in the southern Willamette Valley, the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum contains some valuable remaining wetland habitat along the Coast Fork of the Willamette River. One goal of the Mt. Pisgah Arboretum is "to...
The vast majority of housing in the United States today has been
created to conform to a family definition that does not match current
demographic realities. The "traditional family" - a married couple with
an employed husband, a homemaker wife, and several children has been
the model family that housing...
The purpose of this research was to determine a causal model of factors affecting
age integrated/age segregated neighborhood preference during retirement. Data were anaLzed for 1299 preretirers in four states: Idaho, Michigan, Oregon, and Utah, collected in a mail survey in 1990 by the Western Regional Agricultural Experiment Station Committee...
The purpose of this study was to examine conditions under which functional ability predicts relocation of older persons. Data for this study came from a sample of 6,225 respondents aged 70 or older, who were interviewed both at Wave 1 (1993) and 2 (1995) of a longitudinal national survey of...
The purpose of this study was to determine if occupants' satisfaction and problems with their houses differed by four categories of passive solar systems. The four categories were: 1) south facing window, 2) sunspace, 3) south facing window + sunspace, and 4) south facing window + sunspace + Trombe wall....
The purpose of this study was to further the understanding of two types of renter households' energy problem belief and energy conservation behaviors. The theoretical framework for this study was Niemeyer's (1982) model of energy adjustment. Niemeyer found that resource constraints were the significant factors in the number of existing...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether changes in physical space
impacted preschool children's cooperative behavior. These changes in physical space
included differentiated and undifferentiated ceiling height and wall color.
This study used an experimental design with subjects experiencing four
conditions each. The sample consisted of 30 preschool...
This study focused on the relationship between energy related
behaviors prior to and following structural modifications of the
residence. If energy saving structural modifications are made, will
there also be a concommitant change in energy conserving behavioral
practices? The objectives of this study were: 1) to create a profile of...
The purpose of the study was to assess the post occupancy evaluation
of passive solar houses and address the limitations of previous research.
First, the sample size was large enough to allow for statistical analysis;
second, hypotheses. were tested; and third, an understanding of sources of
information and overall satisfaction,...
The purpose of this study was to determine the level of awareness and use of
selected universal design features and products in single-family housing by Oregon
housing contractors. Also researched were barriers and incentives to use as well as
the position and opinions of these housing contractors on the viability...
The purpose of this study was to clarify the relationships between the performances, constraints, and problems
identified by the respondents and the inclusion of each of
three types of passive solar system: direct gain, Trombe wall,
or greenhouse, into the design. The objectives of this study
were: 1) to describe...
The purpose is to investigate the number, causes,
services denied, and reasons for denial of services to
homeless families with children--single parent families
(female and male) and couples--in a tri-county region, Linn,
Benton and Lincoln counties, Oregon. The data for this study
were obtained from monthly survey forms (July 1992-...
This research investigated the relationship of
predisposing attributes of preretirees to the perceived
importance of locational preferences during the first ten
years of retirement. Multiple regression analyses and a
Chi-square test were used to determine if seven predisposing
attributes were related to ten locational preferences. Data
were analyzed from a...
The purpose of the study was to address the three limitations of
previous research as identified by the Western Region W-139 Technical
Committee (1980). First, specific hypotheses were tested. Second,
through hypotheses testing, understanding was gained of energy conservation
behavior and energy problem perceptions. Third, the sample size
was large...
A growing number of nonmetropolitan communities have chosen to pursue
nontraditional avenues for economic development including the promotion of the
nonmetropolitan area to older adults who may choose to migrate after retirement. The
purpose of this study was to help community leaders in nonmetropolitan areas make
informed decisions if they...
The oldest members of the huge baby boom cohort (born 1946-1964) will be facing
retirement in the next 10 years. Because of its large size, particularly in relation to the
cohorts that preceded it, the baby boom cohort has distended every social institution that
it has come in contact with...
The central purpose of this study was to examine physicians' knowledge of and attitudes toward hearing aids. This study was conducted with 71 general practitioners affiliated with Scarborough General Hospital in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada.
Attitude was measured by a 5-point Likert-type scale developed for the study. Knowledge was measured through...